Renga, Research, Reflexivity: Poetic Representation. (November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lahman, Maria K. E.; Hancock, Emilie; Alhudithi, Ahlam; Kincaid, Tyler; Lafferty, Mel; Patchett, Erin; Loften, Larry; Couch, Connie
• Is Part Of: Qualitative inquiry. Volume 25:Number 9/10(2019)
• Page Start: 826
• Page End: 829
• Publication Date: 2019-11
• Subjects: poetry -- reflexivity -- research poetry -- renga; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 300.72
• DOI: 10.1177/1077800418788108
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8004

Abstract

In a graduate course dedicated to writing and representing qualitative research in varied ways members challenged themselves to create a renga, a Japanese form of cooperative linked poetry, around the topic of doctoral students' graduate school experiences, employing imagery from natural elements. Along with creating a stanza of the poem each poet wrote a reflection as a way of engaging reflexively with the process. Areas of note included thinking in a new way, finding the way back to a way of thinking, the challenge in creating a poem, and power in the process and ensuing results.